Commercial airplanes are governed by different laws, regulations and protocols than are private airplanes or private vehicles. Airlines are governed by regulations affecting common carriers. A common carrier is a business that transports persons or cargo for compensation.
Both federal and state regulations govern common carriers such as airplanes, trains and buses. As a general rule, a common carrier is held to a higher standard of care than a private party. Common carriers, such as commercial airlines, must have the training and skills to transport passengers and must exercise more than reasonable care in doing so.
The attorneys at Cochran & Foley have the skills, legal knowledge and experience needed to protect people who have suffered personal injury or the death of a loved one because of an airplane crash and will seek to win payment for their clients' injuries, expenses, and loss.
An attorney will lead your family through the steps needed to recover actual damages and may even assist in punitive damages being awarded. Actual damages are intended to restore a victim's financial situation to a position roughly equivalent to what it was before the accident occurred.
